Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters along the Delmarva Coast, 1632–2004

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Nor'easters, blizzards, and hurricanes. Spanish galleons, German U-boats, and presidential yachts. Pirates and privateers. The ephemeral and deadly nature of islands, dunes, inlets, and shoals. The history of the Delmarva Peninsula's Atlantic coast is rich with tales of fantasy and adventure, heroism and tragedy, greed and charity. Claiming more than 2,300 vessels since 1632, it rivals North Carolina's Outer Banks for the infamous title "The Graveyard of the Atlantic." Maritime historian Donald G. Shomette brings these stories to life. Featuring the accounts of twenty-five ill-starred vessels-some notorious and some forgotten until now-this anthology provides a fascinating history of a local maritime culture and charts how the catastrophic events along this shore significantly affected U.S. merchant shipping as a whole. Shomette weaves together history, folklore, and legend in accounts of the tragic loss of the 1750 Spanish treasure fleet, the British blockade of the Delaware in the American Revolution, the depredations of Confederate commerce raiders during the Civil War, the Billy Mitchell affair, the Hurricane of 1933, and the Nazi U-boat offensive of World War II.His appendix provides a complete catalog of all 2,300 recorded wrecks, including coordinates and location descriptions where available. A vivid montage of seafaring adventures and pivotal events in American history, this volume makes an essential contribution to the library of the history buff, wreck diver, and local adventurer.

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Utgivningsdatum:2008-02-11
Mått:178 x 254 x 33 mm
Vikt:998 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:448
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801886706
Utmärkelser:Joint winner of John Lyman Book Award 2008 (United States)

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Donald G. Shomette is a marine archeologist and cultural resource manager in Dunkirk, Maryland. He is the author of many books, including Maritime Alexandria: The Rise and Fall of an American Entrepot; Lost Towns of Tidewater Maryland; Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake; and Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807.

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Each relatively brief chapter is an intelligent, stand-alone story making it a good traveling companion... Shomette does an admirable job of stripping away layers of myth grown up around some events. -- Susan B. M. Langley Nautical Research Journal 2008 Solidly researched and vividly told, this book is a wonderful read. -- Michael F. Dove Northern Mariner 2008 [Shomette] serves up yet another inspired volume... a well-produced, painstakingly researched, and wonderfully written work of enormous value. Choice 2008 Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is well written and interesting... provides invaluable research information. -- Cindy Vallar Pirates and Privateers 2009 This book is an extremely valuable contribution that further raises the author's status as a premier historian of the maritime traditions of the Chesapeake region. -- Brian J. Cudahy Steamboat Bill 2009 Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters is an impressive, well-researched volume that will be of value both to those interested in the maritime history of the east coast of the US and those who simply find tales of disaster at sea fascinating. -- Gregory D. Cook International Journal of Maritime History 2008 For those interested in details of shipwrecks along the Eastern seaboard, this is an indispensable book. -- Rick Sauer Blue and Gray Magazine 2008 Well written and filled with details and facts that bring the story of the campaign to life. -- James Greathouse Nautical Research Journal 2010

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PrefaceIntroduction: From CapeHenlopen to Cape Charles1. Indians with English Jackets2. A GoodMany Chests of Money3. The Roebuck's Horns4. A Column of Liquid Fire5. Le Serpent6. The Infamous Tar7. Now That Is What I Call Comba8. Plunder till They Could Plunder No More9. So Much for Attending Congress10. The Captain Was in a Hilarious Mood11. The Unfortunate Spaniards Waved Their Handkerchiefs12. Rothschilds among the Toilers of the Sea13. Assailed by Overwhelming Odds14. Unprecedented Disregard15. Suits of Ice16. Chips of Wood on the Angry Waves17. Poor Pussy18. Five-Poler19. The Rules of Engagement20. Billy and the Battleship21. Chopping the Bank Right Off22. Unterseeboot23. Like a Knife Gutting a Fish24. A Long Shudder25. The Trouble with Treasure26. Treasure ReduxAppendixChronological Index to Vessel Losses on the Delmarva CoastNotesSelected BibliographyIndex